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Healing Brands on Dark Skin

One of my favorite things about scars is how they “grow” and age… the many stages they go through, from the fresh and scabbed up version the day of, through the various phases of initial healing, and then the assorted periods of aging… For at least three to five years, the piece is in a slow state of flux. Quentin from Kalima did these brands below (fresh in the first picture), and after the break you can see them at one of my favorite stages, especially on this color of skin.

Very nice. The “flux” over the years is an awesome phenomenon to watch. I have a 5 y/o brand that is very raised, and a 1 y/o brand that is sunken in. Watching them change over time is part of the fun! I love how this mod looks on darker skin. Sweet.

I must say one of my favorite ever images I’ve seen on modblog or bme is a huge treble clef on someone’s upper arm. That guy is dark-skinned too and the clef is very raised up and smooth. Just looks really cool.

So much *headdesk*!!!!! I just now went to investigate the subject matter of the brands. They are about Christ and the Holy Spirit, so I definitely think they are neat. And I could even translate the Swahili without going to look it up*! Isn’t that neat?
*Well, at least the proper nouns. The rest came through inference.

Amelia, it is a reference to the “Lion of the tribe of Judah”, but it is unclear wheter that refers to Jesus the Christ or not. I assume that it does because of the pairing with a symbol of the Holy Spirit, (the three elements given desribe Him.)